Learn to Drive Safely
With a Structured Intensive Driving Course

DSA Learning structure

Mal-uk driving school intensive driving courses DSA structured learning programme is suitable for all learner drivers from the complete novice to accomplished learner.
Each course is designed especially for you. Should you be an absolute beginner learning to drive for the first time, you will be taught how to move your car safely on a public road. How to turn corners safely and stop safely at the kerbside. After showing you how these processess are caried out you will have plenty of time to practise on the quietest roads in the area.

As your confidence develops you will move onto slightly more challenging roads. Each time you practise your confidence builds up one step at a time. Your instructor is a top UK driving instructor and has all the patience needed to encourage you. These courses are especially suited to the nervous learner.

You will need to understand how your driving lessons are constructed so that you can learn at a reasonable pace & reach the required standard to pass your driving test thus becoming a safe driver for life.

Structured Learning Facts

Fact One
A new learner driver will need on average between 50/60 good quality driving lessons before they can give a good performance on the driving test & possibly pass first time.

Fact Two
Consistently good quality driving lessons should be taken immediately before a driving test for best results. It's no good having around 20 driving lessons over 6 months, then no lessons in the last weeks before a driving test. Maybe money is a bit tight so you skimp on the lessons - the driving examineer does not care how many lessons you can afford to have, only your driving on the day is being examined.

Fact Three
Before taking your driving test you should be confident that you can carry out all of the manouevres without assistance of any type from your driving instructor. If your driving instructor has to remind you of 'XYZ' then you are not ready for your driving test. To pass your driving test first time you should be able to complete your driving lessons with only a few quality comments from your driving instructor in the form of advice rather than driving instruction or reminders.

First day new learners

By the end of your first day you will have achieved the following:

• Preparing your car for moving off - DSSM - safety checks
• Moving away from the kerb - using POSM procedure- clutch control practise
• Stopping & parking next to the kerb
• Dealing with junctions - Give Way lines
• Turning left - major to minor roads
• Driving away on an uphill - clutch control practice
• Driving away on a down hill
• Understanding the use of your mirrors - MSM-PSL procedure
• Changing gears from 1st to 2nd & 2nd back to 1st.
• Plenty of practice on all procedures

Next day & further days

• Repeat practise carried over from previous day
• More gear changing - to 3rd & back down to 2nd & 3rd to 1st gear
• Road procedures - dealing with parked cars - anticipating other road users
• Dealing with traffic lights
• Navigating roundabouts - correct use of indicaters & understanding priorities
• Turning the car round in the road
• Reversing around a left corner
• Parallel parking
• Bay parking if required
• Changing into every gear
• Driving on busier roads
• Dual carriagway driving - use of slip roads
• Planning & anticipating your progress
• Emergency stop practice
• Looking at the show me tell me part of the driving test

Your personal challenges

Within the above schedule your driver training process would include the three phases of the learning process.

• Phase 1 - Full instruction given at every stage
• Phase 2 - Part instruction encouraged
• Phase 3 - Independent driving - you will be driving independently of instruction

No two people learn at the same rate and the time between the phases will be dependent on many factors. The topics written above will all be covered on a full 7 day intensive driving course for beginners. The 3 phases of your learning process may not be covered in all areas, that will depend on how well you understand the process involved.

Learn to Drive

When you learn a new subject you are a novice and it does not relate to your age. A 17 year old person learning to drive for the first time and a 65 year old both start at the same platform.

From that platform a learning structure develops and is now dependent on the individual. A 17 year old will not necessarily have the same outlook as a 65 year old, but both will be working within their own learning structure. Which means they will probably develop at a different pace.

No different to when you were at school and some of your classmates would progress more than others. So it is with driving. There is no magic wand or formula, just working through the lessons until it finally becomes fluent.

Age is no barrier

Age is no barrier to wanting to learn to drive. All that is needed is a willingness to learn a new skill and practise that skill frequently until it locks into your mind. A master chef takes many years to perfect the art of cooking, driving a car safely is the same. Practise, practise and more practise is the key to success. Some of the worlds greatest achievers have failed more times than you would imagine. The rule of never give up is very apt in learning to drive.